T minus 2 days

Nothing like leaving for vacation this week to get the house in order. This weekend has been full of cleaning, vacuuming, mopping, and mowing! Add in some last minute shopping, and I still have to pack! 😳 Now excuse me while I go do some more laundry.

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Update Update Read All About It!!

Yikes guys! It's been almost 6 YEARS! 😂 Figured I'd resurrect my blog for my vacation (next week!) maybe? No promises though!
I recently celebrated 6 years at my job. Life involves lots of working, I'm afraid past-Lindsey would be disappointed... I live on my own down the road from Mamaw (and super close to Mom/Dad/Kris). Hopefully some big changes coming in those areas though, I could use a mixup. In regular(ish) contact with a few good friends from college. And of course the approximately monthly visits to NY still!
Now, back to this vacation... We're going to.....🥁drumroll🥁.... HAWAII!!! And I'm sure I'll take lots of pictures for other places, but maybe this kind of documentation would be nice too? I'll try to start either Tuesday evening or Wednesday while traveling. We have lots of fun things planned, so I'm excited to document it in various ways.
And, yes, I know.... Blogs are totally not a thing anymore really. The in thing is definitely Snapchat and disappearing snapshots, but oh well. I'm old and didn't catch onto that one really.

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5 months! (and 6 months, 1 week)

It has officially been 5 months since I started my job.  And a little over 6 months since graduation! Time has definitely flown.  I thought time went quickly in school between classes and finals and breaks,  but I started working at the end of June and it's already December!  Since graduation, I talk a lot less to my friends (they are so far away! :( ) and I wake up and go to sleep a lot earlier!  Since I started my job (really, it doesn't seem like 5 months ago already), I have learned sooo much about RF-EME and cell phone antennas.  Ok maybe not too much of the technical stuff, but I can author and review a modeling report within 2 hours!  And that includes all the little things in the template that I change in every report...  I've also recently taken a new view on this job that I have.  When I started, I didn't know what to expect, so I went into it loving that I had a job and hoping that it would be something that I would sincerely enjoy doing.  At some point, I realized that I didn't actually "like" what I do on a daily basis, and got really down, thinking that if I didn't like my job, I should look for one I do like.  Recently, I've settled on doing the job that I have to the best of my ability, and seeing where it leads me.  I'm pretty grateful that I have a job at all, let alone a full-time job that is within the realm of "environmental science."  Eventually, I'll end up at a place where I need to move on with some useful experience.  The job I have is a good starting point, and I'm sure that the coming months will bring new things as the department continues to grow.  At this point, I need to figure out what to do with my non-working time, and make sure it doesn't turn into more working time.  Of course, probably after the holidays!  Now I just get to prepare for the holidays, and hope for snow!

Name Rant

So, it's time for a short rant about names.  More specifically the fact that other people do not pay attention to names.  I've experienced multiple times where people open an email to me with an incorrect spelling of my name.  This wouldn't bother me too much (ok maybe it might) if they weren't using an address book, which has my name spelled correctly, to find my email address. So in the "to" field of the email, the address book automatically fills in the correct spelling of my name, yet some still misspell my name in the opening of the email.  Really?!?  It's right there!  So people need to pay more attention to the spelling of names, especially one that have multiple popular spellings.

Two Months Later

Well, I've been working for almost 2 months now.  It has been a very interesting two months from the first week of training to finally meeting my direct supervisor in person yesterday.  With she and a couple other management people visiting, it has been interesting in talking with them this week.  We also had a cookout today at which I met a couple other people from around the region and chat for a few hours with coworkers.      Overall, a nice group of people, with the typical few that are a little out there. Adjusting to working 8 hours a day has definitely been difficult, in that I find myself bored throughout the day.  I find myself hesitant to bother people for more work when I finish my projects, so I end up stretching reports longer than they actually would take, unless I happen to have a lot to do.  Since most of the work I'm doing depends on other people uploading field work, I end up waiting more than I would like.  I'm still working on being more open and talkative with everyone, something I have always found difficult.  Also, I need to find things to do outside of work.  Something fun to do nights and weekends would definitely better than sitting at home.  I've considered possibly picking up geocaching again.  Well, here's to the next 2 months!